Systems and methods for post-operative anastomotic leak detection
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorsOsvaldo A. Barrera, David N. Heard, Jeffrey A. Miller, Kasey A. Grim, Joe Sartor
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Abstract
A tissue monitoring system includes a sensor, a sensor reader, and at least one computing device. The sensor is releasably coupled to a staple by a tether and is configured to measure a physiological parameter of tissue and convert the measurement into a signal. The sensor reader is configured to receive the signal from the sensor and the at least one computing device is configured to receive the signal from the sensor reader and process the signal into physiological data. The sensor is implanted in tissue by the staple.
Claims20
An end effector for a surgical device, the end effector including:
- a loading unit including a staple cartridge having staple pockets defined therein and staples disposed within the staple pockets, the loading unit including a sensor assembly coupled to one of the staples, the sensor assembly including a sensor and a tether interconnecting the sensor and the respective staple such that the sensor is spaced from the respective staple.
A method of monitoring tissue, comprising:
- implanting a sensor into tissue, the sensor coupled to a staple by a tether and configured to measure a physiological parameter of the tissue, the sensor spaced from the staple by the tether;
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- monitoring the physiological parameter of the tissue on a computing device via information transmitted from the sensor to the computing device by a sensor reader.
A tissue monitoring system comprising:
- a sensor releasably coupled to a staple by a tether, the sensor configured to measure a physiological parameter of tissue and convert the measurement into a signal, the sensor spaced from the staple by the tether;
- a sensor reader configured to receive the signal from the sensor;
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- at least one computing device configured to receive the signal from the sensor reader and process the signal into physiological data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.